How-to’s and best practices for planning, managing, and executing your event, including event logistics, guest recruitment, event promotion, check in, and check-out.
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Your committees are in place. Your kick-off meeting attendees were committed and enthusiastic. You have a budget, a venue, and have chosen a benefit auctioneer. You’re feeling great about your progress. And yet…
You only have six months left before your key revenue resource for the year takes place! Are you securely positioned for fundraising success? It’s time to really step up your efforts and get strategic so you can overreach your goals. This webinar will focus on the key strategies you’ll need to implement to increase your fundraising, improve your sponsorship solicitation, and maximize your special appeal.
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Based on Greater Giving client input, and working with a team of talented and experienced event planners, this webinar addresses the key concerns of nonprofit fundraisers holding benefit auctions. Topics include:
- Volunteers: recruiting, managing, and retaining
- Sponsors: recruiting, retaining, and program development
- Event promotion: marketing, attracting new guests and online programs
- Budgeting: ticket pricing, cutting unnecessary expenses, and revenue projection
- Operational efficiency: getting the best return on investment, leveraging past event experience
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Your fundraising event is in four weeks. Where do you focus your efforts during this critical time to maximize revenue opportunities at your event—and reduce your stress?
In this webinar, fundraising expert Samantha Swaim will cover the five key tasks that will help you gracefully and efficiently navigate the most challenging phase of benefit event execution and deliver an event that flows smoothly on event night and meets your fundraising goals.
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The Web makes everything more accessible to more people. Use that capability to make your next event more successful! By adding a Web element to each event execution category, you can extend your reach, find new resources, and discover new ways to raise money for your cause.
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Walk-a-thons. Bike-a-thons. Ski-a-thons. Dance-a-thons. Bowl-a-thons. Creative, fun ideas for a-thons are plentiful. But once you get the idea, what then? A-thons may be less complex to plan and execute than a gala fundraiser, but they have the added complexity of relying on participants to generate revenue. This informational, 60 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand what’s required to successfully plan and execute an a-thon.
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This 55 minute, on-demand web seminar offers ideas to help you improve your event and handle the auction challenges experienced by most organizations. Part 1, Planning for Success, offers tips on setting your timeline, goals and budget, and building a team and sponsor relations.
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This 60 minute, on-demand web seminar offers ideas to help you improve your event and handle the auction challenges experienced by most organizations. Part 2, Getting the Best Value, offers tips on selecting a venue and professional services, marketing your event, integrating online and live events, audience development, and procurement and item yield.
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This 60 minute, on-demand web seminar offers ideas to help you improve your event and handle the auction challenges experienced by most organizations. Part 3, Optimizing Your Event, offers tips on event setup and timing, live and silent auction best practices, volunteer management, and registration, checkout, pickup and post-event activities.
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This informational, 90 minute, on-demand webinar will help you understand the unique challenges facing school auctions and provide techniques to help you overcome those challenges, reduce stress, and increase auction revenue.